Georgi Rakovski Street (, ), usually referred to by its old name of Rakovska, is a major street in

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

, the capital of

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

. Located in the center of the city between Slivnitsa Boulevard and

Evlogi Georgiev Boulevard Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi Boulevard (, usually referred to simply as ''Evlogi Georgiev'', which was its name for most of the 20th Century) is an important boulevard in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. It is named after the Bulgarian entrepreneurs E ...

, it is named after the Bulgarian revolutionary

Georgi Sava Rakovski Georgi Stoykov Rakovski () (1821 – 9 October 1867), known also Georgi Sava Rakovski (), born Sabi Stoykov Popovich (), was a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary, freemason, writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival ...

. The street passes along some of Sofia's major landmarks, including the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the

Central Military Club The Central Military Club (, ''Tsentralen voenen klub'') is a multi-purpose monument of culture building in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, located on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard and Georgi Rakovski Street. It serves the Bulgarian Ar ...

. A large number of theatre venues are located between Slaveykov Square and Knyaz Aleksandar Dondukov Boulevard, hence the street's nickname of "Theatre Street" or "The Bulgarian

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street ** Broadway Theatre (53rd Stre ...

": *Municipal Theatre Revival * Aleko Konstantinov Satirical Theatre *Funny Theatre *Capital Puppet Theatre *

Ivan Vazov National Theatre The Ivan Vazov National Theatre (, ') is Bulgaria's national theatre, as well as the oldest and most authoritative theatre in the country and one of the important landmarks of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is located in the centre of the c ...

*Theatre 199 *Theatre Tear and Laugh *Bulgarian Army Theatre * National Opera and Ballet There are several government ministries along the street or very close to it, such as the Ministry of Economics and the Ministry of Finance.

Gallery

Image:Georgi Rakovski street, Sofia.jpg Image:Sgrada na Rakovska v Sofia.JPG Image:RakovskaSofia1.jpg File:Theater Tears and Laught.jpg

References

Streets in Sofia {{Bulgaria-road-stub